Apple iPad Pre-Orders to Begin February 25th? Speculation about Other Features?

[VoR]

Huh? It's quite clear. The 3G model is the only model that lists GPS as a feature. It lists it as "assisted GPS" because it uses the 3G radio as part of the GPS. Clear as day. They use the term "assisted GPS" because it is "assisted GPS."

Most implementations of assisted GPS rely on the 3G to perform critical functions, such as providing a precise time code, or precise location for nearest GPS satellites. GPS without the 3G would work poorly, or sometimes not at all.

I've read examples of hardware quoting A-GPS and doing no more than cell tower triangulation.
Most of these smartphones have A-GPS because the GPS receiver is built into the cellphone chip itself, potentially reducing board space, power consumption and cost.
I've never used one of these phone/gps devices that has anywhere near the speed and accuracy that a dedicated gps (without cell tower assistance) receiver has - and it's not like they're particularly large, power hungry or costly any more.
In a device like this, I would have liked to have seen them use a few dollars more on parts for a decent, separate GPS receiver on both models.
"GPS without the 3g would work poorly/not at all" ?

 

[GoKyu]

A historic, not an historic.

You don't live in an house and cowboys don't ride an horse.

Sorry, both forms are correct. And you don't ride the bus for a hour either.

The way I usually decide which form to use is by how it *sounds*

"a house" and "a horse" sound correct, because of a + <consonant sound> (h - house, horse)

"an hour" sounds correct, because it's an + <vowel sound> (o - our)

That gives you the correct way to say it maybe 99% of the time. There can always be the odd exception though. ("an historic release" comes to mind - it sounds better than "a historic release".)

 

[alhedges]

Correct, using "an" instead of "a" is correct when the "h" is silent, so using "an" is correct for words like "hour", "herb", etc. However "historic" is pronounced with an "h". The "h" is not silent. If you are pronouncing it as "istoric" then you're simply saying the word wrong.



See my comment above. Silent h's use "an", hence the usage with "hour", "herb", etc. But not with "historic".

The old rule used to be that you always used "an" before an unaccented word beginning with "H". This is less common in the US now, but not wrong, even if perhaps somewhat old fashioned. It is the usual rule in the UK, Canada, and other countries speaking british english.

So "An historic occasion" is perfectly correct. As is "I saw an hysterical woman" or "He suffered from an hereditary disease."

Please don't presume that your grammatical preferences are actual grammatical rules.

 

[gizboy2db]

pre order

hi there,

sorry in advance for my ignorance. I am currently living in Spain but i got family living in USA. I am going to get my ipad sent as soon as possible.

i got a MBA but i did not use pre order, anyone could explain what i need, I guess i need a CC but do i need to provide the address where i want it sent? do they send it to the closest apple store for someone to pick up? if I pay with my CC, can someone pick it up for me?

hope someone can help me out!

saludos

 

[KrakaJap]

hi there,

sorry in advance for my ignorance. I am currently living in Spain but i got family living in USA. I am going to get my ipad sent as soon as possible.

i got a MBA but i did not use pre order, anyone could explain what i need, I guess i need a CC but do i need to provide the address where i want it sent? do they send it to the closest apple store for someone to pick up? if I pay with my CC, can someone pick it up for me?

hope someone can help me out!

saludos

If you have family in the US, why not ship it to them? Or give them the money to order it for you?

 

[bigjohn]

I guess pre-ordering isn't happening today after all...

alas.

 

[Jaro65]

I'm not sure if this has been addressed by anyone before but... wouldn't a front facing camera be awkward unless it's docked? I don't know if I'd want to video chat with someone while holding it steady or vice versa.

You're absolutely right. For a longer video session you would most likely want it docked or propped up. But I can easily see myself holding it for a few minutes for an impromptu call.

 

[Maclver]

I guess pre-ordering isn't happening today after all...

alas.

I guess your right... I guess we can hope for tomorrow?

 

[WLS]

You're absolutely right. For a longer video session you would most likely want it docked or propped up. But I can easily see myself holding it for a few minutes for an impromptu call.

You can see yourself doing that.. that is the problem with all these "It's gotta have a camera" people. You haven't actually done it. You are all used to a camera on top of a laptop sitting a foot or more away on a sold base and you think it is going to be the same. The tablet is designed to be held and the camera is going to be weaving all over due to tablet movement. I suggest you try to do a video conference while holding the camera in your hand pointed at you and see how that goes.

 

[cumanzor]

You can see yourself doing that.. that is the problem with all these "It's gotta have a camera" people. You haven't actually done it. You are all used to a camera on top of a laptop sitting a foot or more away on a sold base and you think it is going to be the same. The tablet is designed to be held and the camera is going to be weaving all over due to tablet movement. I suggest you try to do a video conference while holding the camera in your hand pointed at you and see how that goes.

I'm not advocating a front camera, but you are fundamentally wrong. You STILL need to hold to the iPad in the same position when you are using it.

 

[Night Spring]

You STILL need to hold to the iPad in the same position when you are using it.

What do you mean? Why would the iPad ever be still while in use unless it's docked or propped up on a solid surface?

 

[KrakaJap]

Agreed... even the slightest movement of the camera during a video conference is incredibly annoying. I suggest you "try" it for yourself as suggested.

Granted it's a little bit easier with a PIP image of yourself in the corner. I would like to see a wireless camera!